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Gore/Clark in '04
10/3/2003
Democratic Party activists meeting in Washington for Democratic National Committee fall meetings warned that President Bush still has the upper hand; raised doubts about their newest candidate, Wesley K. Clark; urged second-tier contenders to get out of the race; and worried that the primary fight could drag longer than expected -- perhaps even into the summer convention.
"That would be an unnatural state and uncomfortable for people, but it might be healthy for the party," said committee member Debbie Dingell of Michigan. She said some of her state's top Democrats are considering going to the 2004 presidential convention uncommitted. The Democratic Party chairman, Terry McAuliffe, led a drive to compress the primary contests into a six-week window ending in early March. The strategy allows for the eventual nominee to gather his forces against Bush, who is expected to raise tens of millions dollars more than any Democrat. Ike Leggett, chairman of the Maryland party, said the race may last deep into the spring or summer. "But I don't subscribe to the notion that we need somebody now. I think it's healthy that we have a tough race, 10 voices raised against Bush," Leggett said.
Posted by P6 at October 3, 2003 11:16 AM | Trackback URL: http://www.prometheus6.org/mt/mt-tb.cgi/1822Actually, the idea of Gore/Clark depresses me. But the idea of Bush winning again scares me.
It just makes so much sense that the current situation would develop like that. I've long said there are too many candidates for any of them to get a decisive nuber of deligates at the nominating convention.
Everyone who voted for Gore thinks he won, and that will be the majority of Democrats, and the majority of Greens as well. So people will believe he can beat Bush. And Clark can give national security credibility the same way Cheney and Powell gave Bush credibility.
You've got to admit, it would be a strong ticket. Especially if things go, well, as they must given the program now in effect.
All Gore has to do is take some public speaking lessons over the next few months, and give a speech like that MoveOn one every couple of weeks during primary season.
And if he REALLY wants to work it, he should give one or two speeches at Green Party events; or even better, attend a workshop with them.
While campaigning he can announce that, though he hasn't spoken to him and won't until he's elected, he thinks it's a good idea to nominate Powell to the Secretary of State position again, "this time with the support that will make him effective." Nail the Black vote.